Extreme morphological divergence: Phylogenetic position of a termite ectoparasite

Mycologia

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 987-992

  Blackwell, Meredith ^a   Henk, Daniel A ^b   Jones, Kevin G ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual fungi; Conidial fungi; Insect associated fungi; Isoptera; Mitosporic fungi; ssu rDNA; Termitaria

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECTOPARASITE; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TERMITE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; KATHISTES ANALEMMOIDES; KATHISTES CALYCULATA; TERMITARIA; TERMITARIA SNYDERI;

EID: 1342290792     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833013     Document Type: Article

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